General Purpose Wildflower Seed Mix

Overview

A good all-round wildflower seed mix that suits the majority of sites. It includes a number of different varieties to ensure germination success and contains a lovely mixture of eye-catching colours from yellow to white, blue, pink and red.

This mixture contains 14% wildflower to 86% grasses, which helps maintain a more natural healthy balance and allows the wildflowers to grow more easily.

Wildflowers: 1 part 14%
%	Seed	Latin Name	Height (cm)	Colour	Period
9	Salad Burnett	Sangiusorba minor	15-50	Green	May-Aug
8	Sainfoin	Onobrychis sativa	50-60	Pink	May-Aug
8	Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	5-30	Red	May-Sept
7.45	Birdsfoot Trefoil	Lotus corniculatus	5-15	Yellow	Aug-Oct
7	Perennial Flax	Linum perenne	30-50	Blue	May-July
6	Marigold	Calendula officinalus	20-40	Yellow	June-Aug
6	Cornflower	Centaurea cyanus	30-80	Blue	June-Aug
5	Common Caraway	Carum carvi	50-60	White	June-Aug
5	Black Medick	Medicago lupulina	15-50	Yellow	May-Sept
2.5	Yellow Chamomile	Anthemis tinctori	50-60	White	June-Aug
2	Corn Poppy	Papaver rhoeas	30-90	Red	June-Aug
2	Corn Marigold	Chrysanthemum segetum	25-50	Yellow	June-Aug
12	Ox-eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare	20-100	White	May-Oct
1.7	Reversed Clover	Trifolium resupinatum	5-30	Red	May-Sept
1.5	White Campion	Silene alba	30-100	White	May-Sept
1.3	Yarrow	Achillea millefolium	20-45	White	June-Oct
1.3	Red Campion	Silene dioica	60-80	Red	May-Nov
1	Sweet Alyssum	Lobularia maritima	5-15	White	June-Aug
1	Ribwort Plantain	Plantago lanceolata	5-50	Brown	May-Sept
1	Ragged Robin	Lychnis flos-cuculi	30-80	Red	May-June
1	Love-in-a-Mist	Nigella sativa	20-30	Blue	May-Aug
1	Knapweed	Centaurea jacea	30-80	Purple	June-Sept
1	Greater Knapweed	Centaurea scabiosa	50-90	Purple	July-Aug
1	Common St Johns Wort	Hypericum perforatum	30-90	Yellow	June-Sept
0.5	Wild Pink	Dianthus superbus	10-30	Pink	May-Aug
0.5	Self Heal	Prunella vulgaris	5-20	Purple	June-Sept
0.5	Musk Mallow	Malva moschata	20-80	Pink	July-Oct
0.5	Meadow Clary	Salvia pratensis	80-100	Blue	June-July
0.5	Lady's Bedstraw	Galium verum	50-80	Yellow	June-Sept
0.5	Greater Burnet	Sangiusorba officinalis	45-90	Purple	June-Sept
0.5	Daisy	Bellis perennis	4-6	White	May-Oct
0.5	Common Hedge Bedstraw	Galium mollugo	100-120	White	June-Oct
0.4	Wild Carnation	Dianthus carthusianorum	20-30	Pink	June-Aug
0.3	Pheasant's Eye	Adonis aestivalis	20-30	Yellow	June-July
0.3	Maiden Pink	Dianthus deltoides	10-30	Pink	May-Aug
0.3	Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	15-30	Blue	July-Oct
0.3	Field Forget-Me-Not	Myosotis arvensis	7-25	Blue	April-Sept
0.3	Common Agrimony	Agrimonia eupatoria	50-80	Yellow	June-Aug
0.2	Wild Thyme	Thymus serpyllum	2	Pink	June-Aug
0.2	Common Toadflax	Linaria vulagaris	20-80	Yellow	June-Oct
0.2	Autumn Hawkbit	Leontodin autumnalis	10-15	Yellow	Aug-Oct
0.15	Field Scabious	Knautia arvensis	30-90	Blue	July-Aug
0.1	Wild Pansy	Viola tricolour	10-15	Various	May-Aug
0.1	Wild Chamomile	Matricaria chamomilla	50-60	White	June-Aug
0.1	Rough Hawk's Beard	Crepis biennis	100-120	Yellow	June-Sept
0.1	Crown Vetch	Coronilla varia	50-60	Pink	June-Aug
0.1	Creeping Buttercup	Ranunculus repens	15-35	Yellow	May-Aug
0.1	Common Alyssum	Alyssum saxatile	10-15	White	June-Aug
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Grasses: 4 parts 86%
%	Seed	Latin Name	Height (cm)
11.5	Chewings Fescue	Festuca rubra ssp. Commutata	20-60
46.5	Creeping Red Fescue	Festuca rubra	15-90
7	Crested Dogstail	Cynosurus cristatus	5-75
3.5	Flattened Meadow Grass	Poa compressa	10-60
3.5	Hard Fescue	Festuca longifolia	5-60
7	Rough Stalked Meadow Grass	Poa trivialis	20-100
11.5	Sheep's Fescue	Festuca ovina	5-60
3.5	Timothy	Phleum pratense	40-150
2.5	Wood Meadowgrass	Poa nemoralis	15-90
1	Yellow Oat Grass	Trisetum flavescens	20-80
2.5	Yorkshire Fog	Holcus lanatus	20-100
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Sowing months	February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Soil / site conditions	Clay, Damp, Dry, Heavy, Loamy, Most, Sandy, Sunny, Wet
Sow rate	5g/m²
Area covered	10g pack = 2m² 25g pack = 5m² 50g pack = 10m² 100g pack = 20m²
How to sow	Sowing of Wildflower seeds can take place through most of the year (bar the depths of winter). But generally the most successful time is August to October (following natures natural cycle) and then by March to April. The best method to create a wildflower meadow is to sow on a freshly prepared seed bed. Prepare the seed bed by clearing all the weeds by hand or with glyphosate for perennial weeds, dig over and a rake soil to a fine tilth, tread or roll and then rake again. If the soil is very fertile remove the top 5-10cm of topsoil first. Broadcast the seed at a rate of 5g/sqm. (The seed can be mixed with sharp sand to ensure a more even spread). Lightly rake the seed in and water carefully with a fine hose.
Care	Carefully water during dry weather, and keep on top of removing weeds until the meadow begins to establish. In the first year after germination cut sward to 5cm in Mar/Apr. (If seed sown in spring do 1st cut in May). Then cut every 2 months or when the meadow reaches 15cms. Remove the grass and compost, this stops the meadow being swamped and helps keep the fertility down. The final cut will be Sept/Oct, all cuttings should be removed. Following years should see the wildflower meadow cut in Mar/Apr to 7.5cm and the second cut in Aug/Oct.

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